2013 Review: Financial Risk, Credit Management, & Lien Law
In the world of news and content, it has become a late-December tradition to publish articles reviewing trends and news from the past year. We follow that great tradition here,...
In the world of news and content, it has become a late-December tradition to publish articles reviewing trends and news from the past year. We follow that great tradition here,...
Back in May, I wrote about lien priority in Minnesota and the “relation back” doctrine, which holds that: All liens, as against the owner of the land, shall attach and...
There has been a relatively strong run, recently, of courts reaching what I think are the correct results in mechanics lien cases. In that vein, a very recent decision in...
This demand for removal may be accompanied by an accusation that since the lien is improper, it constitutes “slander of title” and that the lien claimant may be held liable...
Last year about this time, I posted a series of articles briefly examining the interplay between mechanics lien law and bankruptcy. The mechanics lien instrument can provide strong protection throughout a...
A friend of the blog, Vincent Pallaci, posted an article this week about a New York bill proposing to require proof of licensing before allowing a mechanics lien recording. According...
First of all, thanks to Scott and the other good folks here at the Construction Payment Blog for their continued support of my Construction Law Musings blog with both these...